Patients with Mild COVID-19 Symptoms and Coincident Pulmonary Embolism: A Case Series
Introduction: Frequent thrombotic complications have been reported in patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection. The risk in patients with mild disease is unknown. Case Report: We report a case series of three individuals recently diagnosed with COVID-19, who presented to th...
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| author | Joshua W. Joseph Jonathan C. Roberts Cheri N. Weaver Jonathan S. Anderson Matthew L. Wong |
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| description | Introduction: Frequent thrombotic complications have been reported in patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection. The risk in patients with mild disease is unknown. Case Report: We report a case series of three individuals recently diagnosed with COVID-19, who presented to the emergency department with chest pain and were found to have pulmonary emboli. The patients had mild symptoms, no vital sign abnormalities, and were negative according to the pulmonary embolism rule-out criteria. Conclusion: This suggests that patients with active or suspected COVID-19 should be considered at elevated risk for pulmonary embolism when presenting with chest pain, even without common risk factors for pulmonary embolism. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e0c8e27a73484688a7268495254143ef2022-12-21T19:26:17ZengeScholarship Publishing, University of CaliforniaClinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine2474-252X2020-08-014310.5811/cpcem.2020.7.48254cpcem-04-295Patients with Mild COVID-19 Symptoms and Coincident Pulmonary Embolism: A Case SeriesJoshua W. Joseph0Jonathan C. Roberts1Cheri N. Weaver2Jonathan S. Anderson3Matthew L. Wong4Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston, MassachusettsBeth Israel Lahey - Milton Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine, Milton, MassachusettsBeth Israel Lahey - Milton Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine, Milton, MassachusettsBeth Israel Lahey - Milton Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine, Milton, MassachusettsBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston, MassachusettsIntroduction: Frequent thrombotic complications have been reported in patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection. The risk in patients with mild disease is unknown. Case Report: We report a case series of three individuals recently diagnosed with COVID-19, who presented to the emergency department with chest pain and were found to have pulmonary emboli. The patients had mild symptoms, no vital sign abnormalities, and were negative according to the pulmonary embolism rule-out criteria. Conclusion: This suggests that patients with active or suspected COVID-19 should be considered at elevated risk for pulmonary embolism when presenting with chest pain, even without common risk factors for pulmonary embolism.https://escholarship.org/uc/item/62j4010j |
| spellingShingle | Joshua W. Joseph Jonathan C. Roberts Cheri N. Weaver Jonathan S. Anderson Matthew L. Wong Patients with Mild COVID-19 Symptoms and Coincident Pulmonary Embolism: A Case Series Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine |
| title | Patients with Mild COVID-19 Symptoms and Coincident Pulmonary Embolism: A Case Series |
| title_full | Patients with Mild COVID-19 Symptoms and Coincident Pulmonary Embolism: A Case Series |
| title_fullStr | Patients with Mild COVID-19 Symptoms and Coincident Pulmonary Embolism: A Case Series |
| title_full_unstemmed | Patients with Mild COVID-19 Symptoms and Coincident Pulmonary Embolism: A Case Series |
| title_short | Patients with Mild COVID-19 Symptoms and Coincident Pulmonary Embolism: A Case Series |
| title_sort | patients with mild covid 19 symptoms and coincident pulmonary embolism a case series |
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